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The Enormocast: the climbing podcast

Enormocast 317: Alik Berg – A Climber’s Climber

The Enormocast: the climbing podcast

Chris Kalous

Places & Travel, Sports, Wilderness, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.91.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2025

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Summary

On Episode 317 of the Enormocast, I sit down at the Banff Mountain Film Festival with alpinist Alik Berg. Born in Edmonton and living in Canmore, Alik has spent most of his life forging himself into the climber’s climber: reliable, strong, smart, and bold. His view of the ethics and philosophy of alpinism were instilled …

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You are listening to the Enormo cast.

0:05.0

Do you have an unreformed dirtbag in your life?

0:08.0

One who lived in a truck for years, but now that they have a roof, their own internet password,

0:12.0

and maybe even a 401k, they still pinch pennies like it's the crux hold of their two-year project.

0:18.0

Maybe they still boast a cracked travel mug that they found outside the shitter

0:22.5

and Indian Creek, surveilling it for two days to make sure it was up for grabs before

0:27.8

throwing it into their kit, unwashed and unrepentant. Well, this holiday season, it's our

0:33.2

sworn duty to get those skin-flinty friends something they secretly covet but would never buy

0:38.3

of their own accord. That's where Yeti comes in. The simple gift-giving options of the Yeti

0:44.0

Rambler stainless coffee mugs go from espresso to Jug of Joe, even Lord Almighty, the dirtbag

0:50.8

Holy Grail, the Rambler ceramic line French press. Customize it with an

0:56.0

Enormacast sticker and your former dumpster dweller will lose their goddamn mind. Or how about a

1:01.7

Yeti yonder water bottle to replace the Permistink bottle they left in the hall bag for five

1:05.8

months after coming home from the valley. So check out the plethora of gift ideas, many under 50 bucks at Yeti.com, or go big and

1:14.6

completely crush them with a new tundra cooler.

1:17.3

Your call, but you're probably still going to have to wrestle them for that busted-up

1:21.4

ice box they found on the side of I-70s six winters ago.

1:24.9

Just let it go, bud.

1:26.4

It had a good run.

1:30.8

First came the Archaeopteryx, a compact feathered dinosaur who dared to fly, maybe.

1:37.4

But at the very least, they dared to be different with their cute little feathers out there strutting around like primal chickens.

1:44.0

Tip of the hat to those mighty but mini mavericks.

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